Ciego de Avila takes back the lead in Cuban baseball

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 21 (acn) Ciego de Avila appeared on top of the 55th Cuban baseball championship when beating Holguin 1-0 to complete the sweep in the subseries.

The starting pitcher Vladimir García allowe d four hits with five strikeouts in six innings, but the winner was reliever Yadir Rabbi, while Walnier Osorio, who allowed the decisive homer by outfielder Yoelvis Fiss, took the loss .
Now the defending champion holds excellent balance of 15 wins and only three losses, a game and a half ahead of Industriales, which lost 7-5 to Cienfuegos.
The veteran lefty Norberto Gonzalez achieved the victory in his first appearance of the season despite allowing 10 hits and four runs in six innings, while the DH Juan Miguel Vazquez hit a double and drove in three runs to offensively support the Cienfuegos Elephants.
Granma ratified itself in third seat in the standings by knocking out 12-0 Matanzas with solid pitching performance by Leandro Martinez and offensive highlight by first baseman Yordanis Samon, 2 for 4 with a homer and five RBIs.
Edilse Silva hit a homer in the 7-3 victory of Santiago de Cuba on Pinar del Rio, while Isla de la Juventud defeated 4-3 Mayabeque, with the third win of the season to Danny Aguilera, who only allowed two hits in four innings and two thirds.
Finally , Felix Carbonell homered and drove in three runs to highlight in the 5-3 triumph of Guantánamo over Las Tunas, while Villa Clara maintained its upward trend by beating 10-5 Artemisa mainly based on the offensive performance by DH Yurien Vizcaino who hit 3 for 5 with three RBIs.
Ciego de Avila commands the standings with record of 15-3, followed by Industriales (13-4), Granma (12-4), Sancti Spiritus (10-6), Pinar del Rio (9-7), Matanzas, Villa Clara, Guantanamo and Las Tunas (9-8), Isla de la Juventud, Cienfuegos (8-9), Holguin (8-10), Santiago de Cuba (7-10), Artemisa (5-12), Mayabeque (3-14) and Camagüey (1-15).